Male sterile crop mutated on Ty-5 gene

ABSTRACT

A method for creating a new germplasm of a male sterile crop by gene editing and an application thereof are provided. In this method, the gene editing is performed on an exon region of a Ty-5 gene, and a deletion of DNA sequence is introduced by using a repair mechanism of plants themselves to double-strand breaks (DSBs), causing a loss of function of Ty-5 gene, thereby obtaining a male-sterile character. The method can be applied without being limited by crop categories. After the gene editing is performed on Ty-5 genes of various crops, new germplasms can be quickly obtained. The new germplasms have the same agronomic characters as the previous materials, and only differ in sexual aspect, which effectively solves the problem of the lack of male sterile materials and unstable fertility in natural resources.

CROSS REFERENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation application of the U.S. application Ser. No. 16/612,764, filed on Nov. 12, 2019.

U.S. application Ser. No. 16/612,764 is the national phase entry of International Application No. PCT/CN2018/106586, filed on Sep. 20, 2018, which is based upon and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. CN201810735328.6, filed on Jul. 6, 2018, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

SEQUENCE LISTING

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TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention belongs to the technical field of gene editing technology for crop breeding, and particularly relates to a method for creating a new germplasm of a male sterile crop by a gene editing and an application thereof.

BACKGROUND

Crop male sterility is a phenomenon of normal pollination failure due to inability to produce pollen or abort pollen, which is caused by abnormal male organs resulting from physiological or genetic reasons of sexually propagated crops. Because crop male sterility can avoid the artificial emasculation in the pollination process in crop heterosis breeding, a lot of labor input is saved. Meanwhile, crop male sterility significantly improves the purity of hybrid varieties, and creates varieties with heterosis.

Male sterility technology plays an important role in the utilization of heterosis, and obtaining stable male sterility materials has important application value. Male sterility can be divided into nucleus male sterility and nucleus-cytoplasmic male sterility according to a genetic model and position of male-sterile character in cells. At present, male sterility has been applied in crops such as rice, corn, wheat, cabbage, pepper and the like. However, in many crops, male sterility is not used for production mainly due to problems like lack of male sterile resources and stability of male-sterile character of male sterile materials. It is found that the male sterile line material with natural mutation is the main source of male sterile materials. In addition, male sterile materials can be obtained by distant hybridization, artificial mutagenesis, and cell engineering. With the development of biotechnology, it has become possible to create male sterile materials through genetic engineering.

The gene Ty-5 is a tomato yellow leaf curl virus resistance gene in tomato, and is also a surveillance factor for monitoring a peptide chain synthesis process. The gene Ty-5 exists in all crops. In the present application, the new germplasm of male sterility can be created rapidly by performing a gene editing on the gene Ty-5. The development of gene editing technology provides a powerful weapon for the utilization of Ty-5 gene in heterosis breeding. The current gene editing technologies mainly include zinc finger nuclease technology, transcription activator-like effector nuclease technology, and the latest CRISPR/CAS9 gene editing technology. Gene editing realizes the recognition and cleavage of specific DNA sequences, and the introduction of different types of mutations such as deletion, substitution, and insertion of bases at double-strand breaks (DSBs) of DNA, achieving fixed-point editing of DNA.

SUMMARY

In view of the problems of the shortage of male sterile materials and the low purity of hybrid varieties, and the current situation of long time and high cost of conventional breeding, gene editing technology is applied to Ty-5 gene according to the present invention, so as to rapidly create a new germplasm of a male sterile crop while retaining agronomic characters of an original male fertile material.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the following technical solutions of the present invention are used.

-   -   (1) All of the existing gene editing methods can be used for the         editing of Ty-5 in this study. In the present invention, only         CRISPR/Cas9 technology is used for the gene editing of Ty-5. A         deletion of DNA sequence is introduced by using a repair         mechanism of plants themselves to DSBs, causing a loss of         function of Ty-5 gene, thereby obtaining a male-sterile         character;     -   (2) gRNA target sites are selected in an exon region of Ty-5         gene. According to the principle of CRISPR/Cas9 target anchor,         the 18-20 bp upstream of the protospacer-associated motif (PAM)         as the target site, i.e., (5′-N18-20NGG-3′, NGG is a PAM         sequence, and N18-20 represents a recognition sequence of 18-20         bp);     -   (3) Oligo sequence primers are designed based on the recognition         sequence:

Target-Sense: 5′-TTG-NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN (N represents gRNAsense sequence) Target-Anti: 5′-AAC-NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN (N represents the reverse complement of gRNAsense)

-   -   The primers are respectively diluted to a concentration of 10         μM, 5 μL of each of the above primers is taken, and 15 μL of         water is added for a uniform mixing to form a mixed solution.         The mixed solution is placed at 95° C. for 3 minutes, then         slowly cooled to 25° C., and finally kept at 16° C. for 5         minutes to complete a synthesis of an oligo dimer;     -   (4) A CRISPR/Cas9 kit VK005-14 from VIEWSOLID BIOTECH, Beijing         is selected, 1 μL of synthesized oligo dimer, 1 μL of Cas9/gRNA         vector, 1 μL of Solution 1, 1 μL of Solution 2, and 6 μL of H₂O         are mixed uniformly to form a mixed solution, and a reaction is         performed on the mixed solution at 16° C. for 2 h;     -   (5) After ligation, the vector is transferred into E. coli         competent state, a single clone is picked for plasmid sequencing         analysis. A sequencing primer is sqprimer:         5′-GATGAAGTGGACGGAAGGAAGGAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 5), and a positive         plasmid is transferred to Agrobacterium GV3101;     -   (6) A cotyledon of the crop is used as an explant, a plant         regeneration is carried out by a leaf disc method, Agrobacterium         GV3101-mediated transformation is performed, and a regenerated         plant is obtained by hygromycin resistance screening;     -   (7) Primers that can amplify the target site are designed         according to upstream and downstream sequences of the target         site, and the regenerated plant DNA is extracted to be used as a         template for PCR amplification. The amplified products are         sequenced, and a sequencing analysis is performed on the         regenerated plants to determine whether a gene editing occurs         and whether an editing type is homozygous mutation;     -   (8) After the sequencing analysis, a pollen content and         germination identification is performed on homozygous gene         edited strains. The results show that the homozygous edited Ty-5         plants created by the gene editing are new male sterile         germplasms.

Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present invention are as follows:

-   -   (1) The method for creating a new germplasm of a male sterile         crop of the present invention can be applied without being         limited by crop categories. After the gene editing is performed         on Ty-5 genes of various crops, new germplasms can be quickly         obtained. The new germplasms have the same agronomic characters         as the previous materials, and only differ in sexual aspect,         which effectively solves the problem of the lack of male sterile         materials and unstable fertility in natural resources.     -   (2) As compared to a conventional breeding method, materials         treated by the method of the present invention can obtain         male-sterile characters more quickly.     -   (3) As compared to a conventional breeding method, materials         treated by the method of the present invention can better retain         the agronomic traits of the acceptor material.     -   (4) The new male sterile germplasm created by the present         invention is a powerful supplement to existing materials.     -   (5) Performing a hybrid seed production by using the materials         created by the male sterility creating method of the present         invention can greatly reduce the labor requirement and improve         the purity of the hybrid seed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a regenerated plant after a gene editing amplified by a gene editing primer;

(M: 100 bp Marker; 1: regenerated plant No. 1 after the gene editing; 2: regenerated plant No. 2 after the gene editing; 3: wild type Money maker material);

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing results of a sequencing of each material band amplified by a CRISPR5-F primer;

(a: regenerated plant No. 1; b: a sequencing result of a wild type moneymaker; c: regenerated plant No. 2; triangle boxes indicate sequence deletions of the regenerated plant No. 1 and the regenerated plant No. 2, respectively); and

FIGS. 3A-3C show a comparison of pollen germination; FIG. 3A shows the regenerated plant No. 1; FIG. 3B shows the wild type moneymaker; FIG. 3C shows the regenerated plant No. 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described with reference to the drawings in the embodiments. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative work should be considered as falling within the scope of the present invention.

A method for creating a new germplasm of a male sterile crop through a gene editing, includes the following steps:

-   -   (1) Materials     -   Material of moneymaker having normal stamen fertility;     -   CRISPR/Cas9 Kit: a CRISPR/Cas9 Kit VK005-14 from VIEWSOLID         BIOTECH, Beijing was selected;     -   T carrier: TransGen Biotech, Beijing. (CT301-01);     -   DNA Extraction Kit: TIANGEN Biotech (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (DP305);     -   Agrobacterium competent state: GV3101;     -   Primer synthesis and sequencing were completed by GenScript         Biotech Corp. (Nanjing).     -   (2) Selection of gRNA Target Sites

The full length sequence of the Ty-5 gene (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1) includes a total of 16 exons, and the second exon sequence was selected for the design of the gRNA target site in the present embodiment. The length of target sequence is 19 bp (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2). The primers were designed based on the target sequence:

Target-F: 5′-TTG-AGAAGAAGCTGATGATCTA-3′, as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3, Target-R: 5′-AAC-TAGATCATCAGCTTCTTCT-3′, as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4;

-   -   (3) Oligo Dimer Synthesis:     -   The Target primers were respectively diluted to a concentration         of 10 μM, 5 μL of each of the above primers was taken, and 15 μL         of water was added for a uniform mixing to obtain a mixed         solution. The mixed solution was placed at 95° C. for 3 minutes,         slowly cooled to 25° C., and then kept at 16° C. for 5 minutes,         so as to complete the synthesis of oligo dimer;     -   (4) Construction of CRISPR/Cas9 Recombinant Vector and         Transformation of Agrobacterium

The reaction system was as follows: 1 μL of synthesized oligo dimer, 1 μL of Cas9/gRNA vector, 1 μL of Solution 1, and 1 μL of Solution 2, and 6 μL of H₂O were mixed homogeneously to obtain a mixed solution, and the mixed solution reacted at 16° C. for 2 h. The ligated vector was transformed into Escherichia coli competent Trans1-T1, and coated on a plate for placing overnight. A single colony was selected for extracting the plasmid, and a sequence analysis was performed on the plasmid. The sequencing primer was sqprimer: 5′-GATGAAGTGGACGGAAGGAAGGAG-3′, as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5. The plasmid was extracted from the colony with the correct sequencing result, and transferred into the Agrobacterium GV3101 by a freeze-thaw method.

-   -   (5) Tomato Transformation:

The main steps were as follows:

-   -   Pre-culture preparation of explants: Cotyledons that had just         emerged from the seed coat were selected for transformation. The         cotyledons were cut and placed in 50-100 mL of MS liquid medium.         The stalk ends and tips of the cotyledons were excised and         placed in D1 medium, and the cotyledons were placed upside down         for culture in D1 medium. The culture dish was pre-incubated for         2 days in a constant temperature culture chamber (16 L/8 D) at         24° C.     -   Co-culture: 5 μL of 0.074 M acetosyringone was added to each 10         mL of MS liquid medium, 5 mL of the MS liquid medium (+AS) was         taken to wash Agrobacterium colonies, the bacterial solution         OD600 was diluted to a concentration of 0.3-0.4, and the         bacterial solution was added to the pre-cultured (2 days)         cotyledons. After infecting the cotyledons for 8-10 minutes by         Agrobacterium, the excess bacterial solution was removed. The         cotyledons were transferred to the D1 medium containing filter         paper. The cotyledons were inversely placed (the lower surface         of the cotyledon faces upwards) for incubation at 24° C. for 2         days in the dark.     -   Screening: the sterile cotyledons were transferred to a 50 mL         centrifuge tube, washed twice with sterile water, and washed         once with +Car; the cotyledons were inversely placed (back up)         on the differentiation medium 2Z, 20-30 leaves were placed per         culture dish to ensure the growth space required for cotyledons.         The double-layer sealing film was used for sealing, and a         cultivation was performed at 24° C. for 10 days (16 L/8 D). On         the tenth day, the cotyledons were transferred to fresh 2Z         medium plates, and then subcultured every 2-3 weeks. The callus         appeared after 2-3 weeks. The initial buds appeared within 4-6         weeks. When the buds began to appear, the explants were         subcultured every 2 weeks, and the medium was 1Z selective         medium.     -   Rooting: the shoots were picked from the explants and placed in         a 100 mL sterile vial containing 40 mL of MMSV medium         (containing 0.5 mg/L IBA, 15 mg/L hygromycin and 200 mg/L         Timentin). Roots began to appear after cultured for around 2         weeks. When the plants grown large enough, the seedlings were         transplanted into small plastic pots containing a mixture of         vermiculite and soil, and watered with nutrient water. A total         of 2 transformed tomato seedlings were obtained by tomato         transformation.     -   6. Regenerated Plant Detection after Gene Editing:     -   Leaf DNA of two regenerated plants and wild type moneymaker         materials were extracted separately, and the following         amplification primers were used:

CRISPR5-F: 5′-TCCATTGAACTGAAGCAAATCTC-3′, as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6; CRISPR5-R: 5′-GCTAATAATGCTAAGCCCTCACA-3′, as shown in SEQ ID NO: 7.

The length of the amplified fragment was about 450 bp, and the product after PCR amplification was subjected to an agarose gel electrophoresis to determine whether the size of the strip was correct (FIG. 1 ). The electrophoresis bands showed that the regenerated plants and wild type moneymaker materials could amplify a 450 bp band, and the three PCR products amplified by the regenerated plants and wild materials were sequenced by CRISPR5-F primers to detect the variation of the base sequence of the gene editing site (FIG. 2 ). The results showed that, as compared to wild type moneymaker materials, using the regenerated plants No. 1 and No. 2 resulted in sequence variation at the gene editing site. However, the variation type of the plant No. 1 was heterozygous mutation, and a 13 bp deletion occurred in one of the double-stranded DNA; the variation type of the plant No. 2 was homozygous mutation, and a 6 bp deletion occurred respectively at a same site of the double-stranded DNA.

-   -   7. Comparison of Pollen Content and Germination

The pollens of two regenerated plants and wild type moneymaker were collected, and incubated on the germination medium for 4 h at 26° C. in the dark. The pollen contents and the germination thereof of various materials were compared and observed under a microscope (FIGS. 3A-3C). Through the germination comparison test, the pollen content of regenerated plant No. 1 (FIG. 3A) was equal to that of wild type moneymaker (FIG. 3B), while the pollen content of regenerated plant No. 2 (FIG. 3C) was significantly reduced. By the comparison of pollen germination, no pollen germination was observed in plant No. 2 after cultured for 4 h, but pollen germination was observed respectively in regenerated plant No. 1 and wild type moneymaker. It can be seen that homozygous variation (plant No. 2) can greatly reduce plant pollen content and stop pollen germination.

In summary, the present invention provides a method for creating a new germplasm of a male sterile crop by a gene editing. Through performing a gene editing on the Ty-5 gene exon region, the homozygous edited plant was obtained, which is a new male sterile germplasm.

SEQ ID NO: 1:

The full-length sequence of the Ty-5 gene in the tomato material moneymaker, the underlined sequence is the intron sequence, and the shadow indicates the gene recognition site.

ATGAAGATTGTTCGTAGAGACTTTGTTCCTGATGGTTCTGGTAGTGTAAAGGTAACTTTTTTATCTCTATAATT GTTGTTTAAATCTATAATTCGAGTAATTTTCGTGATTTTTTGAAACCCCAGATGAAGAAAACGTTAAAATTGATTTG

ATCTGATAGCTGAAGGTGATACTGTATTAGCTGTTACTGTTAGGTATTGCACTTTTGCTCAATTTTATTAGTGTGAG GGCTTAGCATTATTAGCAATTTTTTTGGGATAAATAAGTAATTTTTATTCGCGTATGTAATAAGTTTGAGATTTTGT AGAAAAACATGTTTTTACTATAAGAAGCATTTAGTTTATACTACTCCCTTACTCCGTTACAATTTGTTTGTTTGGTTT TGAATTGTCACGAGTTTTTTAAAAAAGAGAGTAAAGAACGACTTTTGAATCTCATGGTCTTTAAACTAAAGAGATT GTGGGATGTACGGAATTTGGTCTTTTATCTTGTGCTATTAAATATGGTAGGTGGAAAGTCGAATAGAAGAGTTGCC AAATAAGGAAAGAGACATTATTTTTGGAACAAACTAAAAAGAAAAGTAGGATAAACAAATTAAAACAGGGGGAG TATTTGGTTTCTCATCGGTGCTACAAGAATTACTAAAAAGCTAGCGTCTTGCCTTTTTTAAAAAGAAATTTTGATCC TGAAAGATGGAGTTTTTAATTTGAATATGGATGTCACTTGCTAATTAGGTTCGAATTCTGTTCATTCGAAAGCTTGG AGCTTTTTACTTTGTTTATAACTACATAGTTGATTCTCTACACTTGTTAATGTTTCTCATCCTGTTGAGTTGATTGAA AATTTATGTTTTTTGGATAACATATTAATTGCTCTCGTTCTCGTAAATGTCTAATTTCTGCATCAATTTTTGTTGTTTT ATTCGTTGATTAGCTAATTCTTAGAAAATGTAGTGTTCTGTGATGTGCGAAAGTAATCTATAAATAGTTAGACTCTA ATCAGATTTGTGCTAAATTCTAGTTAAATTTGTCTAAATTGGCCTGAGATGAGTTTATATAAACTGTGGAGTTACAT GGTCAGTGAGGATTCATTTATACGACCTGAACTTGCTTGGACTGAGGTGTTGTTGTTATTGTTGTTTGCTGAAATTG TGAATGACAATGTTACTATAAGGAAAATGGATTTTGAGCATAGTGTGAGTCTCTACTGATTACACAGGTTGATAAT AGTATTGTTATATTTGTTTTGCTTAAAGCTTAGGGGAAGACTCTTTTTTAATGTTGAGAGCAACTTTCTTTTGCAAAT TATGCTATGTGGGTCTTTGCTGATTGTTAACACGGTTTAGCTTGTCACAACACAACCTACTGGAAGCTGGTTAAATT TTGCTTGTAATTTCTTGTAGGAAGGTCCTGAGGGAAGCTGCTTCTGGAGGAAGAGATGCTGAACGAGTGAAACTGA AATTGGAAATTAAAGTTGAGGTAAGGATATATTAGACATCCAGCATCATTCAGTTGTGGGGTGCGGGCCTTGGTTA GAACTTTGTTTTAGCTTCCAGCATAAGGTGTTTTAATATAAATTGAAAGATAAAACTTTGAAATCAATTAACTATA GAGAAGAATCTACTAAGGATAGAGAGGAGACTTTTCTTTGTCTTCCTTTTCCAATGTGGTCGAGATGAAGTATTTTT GGGCAGTTTGATGAATTTTGAGGATATCAATACAACCCGTGTATGACATATGCATGATAAATTGTCACATAACAAT GCTCCATTTCTAACTAATCTCAATAAATGCGATGTTGATAGTTTTGTTACCATAGTAATGATGACAATTGTAATGTG ACTGGAAAGTAGGAAATAGATAGTGCTCTTTCTAGAGTTTTTATTTGAATATATTCCACTCCAATGTGGTATAATAT AATCAATTTGGTGTTTTAGAATGTGGAGTATGACAAAGAAGGTTCTGCCTTGCGTATTCGCGGGAAGAATATTCTG GAGAATGAACATGTAAAGGTGTGTATTCTTCAACTTAATCCTTTTGGATAAATTCCTAATATTGATGCTGCAACAA AAATGTATCTAATTATTTTATTGCAGATAGGGGCCTTTCACACTCTGGAAATTGAGCAACACAGACCTTTTGTGCTA AGAAAGGTACAATGCTGTGTTTTGATTCTTTTGCAACTATCACTCTGTTTTCTTTTAAAAATTTTGAGGTATATTATT TGCACTTTAAAAGCTATCAAGCTGGTGATATATGTTCTTTAGGATTGCAGCTCTAACCTATGTTTCTCAGACTCTTC AAAAATGTCAACTGGTGCATGTCGGATTCTCCAAAAATAGCGTGTTTTGGAATATCCGACATGGGTGCGGCATTGT AAGTGAAGAGTCCGCAACTTAGGCTCTAACAAGTAAAAAAATCTGTAAAGTTATTCATGTAATTTACATTATTATT ATAAAATCCCCGGAAAAAGAAGAAGAGTACCTTTTTTTTCTTTAATAACCTTGGTATCCGGGCCAGTTTGTGCACA CTTCGACCACTTCCACCAACACAGCTACCGCCTACAGGGTAACTCTTTCCATCAAGGTTTTGACAAATAAGAAGAA ATTGTCTAGTGTTTTTCGCCTCTGGTTGGATTTGAACCTAAGATCTTATGACTCTTAACTCACTTCATTGGCCGCTAG ACCATACCCCTTGGGTGCAGTTACTTGAAACTAAGTTTAATTTTTCCCGCTAAATTTCAGTTGTCCCGCCGCTGACA CCCCTTCGAGGCATCTCGTGTTCCTGTCCTTTGACGTAGTTCACATCCTGCACGAAAGGTGTACATACGATACCTCC TTTCTGTCTCTAGATGGAACAACCCTTCTACATTAATGATGATTCCACCTTGGTTATCATCATGACTAATTCCATGC CAAATAAGCCAAGAAATAGCTACACATTTTCGGCACACACCAAAAAAGGGAACCCGAAGTATATTGTCGTTGATT TCTCATAAACAAGTGTACAATGGTTCGAAAATTATCCGAAAGCATTAATGCTTATTAAGCTATTATTAACTCCTATA TTATACATTCTATGGACTTTGGTCTGAGGGGGCTAGTTTCTTTTCTCAGCTTGTTTCTTTGTAGTTTGAAGGATCTAT GCCCCCTAGTTCGTCCAACACAGGTAGGGCTGAGGCATGATAAGATAAGTGACGGTTTGTGTAGCCTAGGTAATAT ATACTTAAGTGATGCAACAATATAAGTTCAGGTAGGGGAAATTCTTCTCGTACACATAGGAGTACATGGAATTTGG TAAGATTTCTTGATTTTTTTCTGCATTATACAAAGTTGCTGCATAGATTAAGTATAACTAAATAAGTGTCTTTTTATA ATTAGAGGCTAATGAGTCATAGAAGTTGAATTAGGAGATAATCATTTGTAGTTGTAACTAGAGGTTTCTATAGGAA ATTGAGGAGTATCCCAATCGAAATATAAATGCCTAAAAATGTCTGGGCTAAGAATTACATGTGAACTTGATGTCTG GGCTAAGAATTACATGTGAACTTGAAATTATATTGATCGGGTACAGGTCGAATGAAATTTTCCATAATTTCTTTTAC TACTGGATTTATTACTTAAAAGGGTATAAACTTATCAAAATAAGATTTCTTAGAAGGTATGCGTGCTTTTATTTAAA ACTTTTGTTTATGTATAATCCTATCTAATGCATGTACATGAATTATTTTGAATTTATTTTTACTCAAAGTAATCGTTA TTTTCCTGTGTCATCTTCCTTATTATTTTTGTATATTCTATTTGTTTAGCAAATATATGAGCATCTTGTTTGTTTCAAT CTTAGTCTTACCTGAACATAGTTGATTTATACGAAAGCTTATACATATATGAGTTCTGACTTGCATTATCTGATTTA GGTGGTCTGGGACTCACTGGCACGGGAGGTTCTTCGTCAAGCTTCTGGTATTTTTCACAGTGCACTTTAACAAAGTT ATATTTTTATTTGTTCAAGTGTTGCCATTAACTTTATCTGCAATATTAGGCATTTTAGTTCATAGCCTGACTTTTCAT CCATAACTTATCAAGTTCTATAACATGTTGCTGCTTCTTTTTAGTACATTGACATGATTGTGAAACCACTTTATAGG TGCATTATTCTTAGATGGATTGTTTCAGTCTAGGTGTCTTTTAGCCCTTATGTTGCAGAGGTTTTCTTCTTTACTCGT ACACTTGCAGTGAGAACATGATTATTCGCTGCAAGTACATGTGTGTTGCAGAGTGCTTTTGAACTGATGAGAAGTT TCCTATATAATTGTTGATATTCAGCTATATTGATTCCAACATGGATATGTGTTTGTAACTTTGTACTGCTCTTAGATT TACCGTTTCAATATGCTGAATACGGTTTTCCTTTTTGATGATTCAGATCCATCTGCAAGTGCTGATCTGGCTGTGGT TCTGATGCAAGAAGGATTGGCACACATTCTTCTTATTGGTAAAAGGTAAGCTTGACAATCTCATAGTCCTATGAAT ACAAGTTTTAAACAGATCTTGAGCATCTCCTTTTCTTGTATTTAAACGAGATGTAATAGTTTAAAAGTCGAATGATT ATGTCAGAATTTCTATATGTTGAGGCTGAGTTAAGTGTTAACTAGATTGTATGGCATAATTTTACCTTATGTACTTG TTACTGTTGTCTGAACAGTGTGACTATCACCCGTTCTCGTATAGAGTCTTCTATACCGCGCAAGCATGGACCGGCTA TTGCAGGTTATGATAAGGTGAGTCTCTTACTTCTTTTTGTTTCATCTTTTGTATAATTTAATTATTTTGAACATGACG TCAAGTGAAATTGTGTTCTTAATTTTGATTTGCAGGCGTTAAATAAATTCTTTGACAATGTTCTACAGGTAGACTTT TGTCAACTTTCTTGATGTTGCTTAATTTCCAGAAGCAATATGTTATAGGTTCTTATTTCTGTTGCAGGCCTTTGTCAA GCATGTTGATTTCAAAGTAGTTCGCTGTGCTGTGATTGCAAGTCCAGGATTCACCAAGGTATTTTTTGTATAGTTAC ACTTCTTAGCTAGTCATACTTTTATGCTATGTTACAAGGGGTAGAACTTGCATATCTAATTATATCTGTACTATGCA TATGTTAATTCAGTTGTGACATTTAAACTTTTTTGTGTTGAATGTGCAGGATCAGTTTCATCGTCACCTGTTGTTGGA AGCCGAGAGGAAGCAACTAAGACCTATAATAGAAAATAAGTCACGCATAATTCTTGTCCATACAACCTCGGGATA CAAGTATGCCCTTCTTTCTCTCTCTCCTTGCCCTTCATCTGACATCTCAAAACGAGTCAATACATTTTTGTGCAAACC ATATGATGTTAGACATGCGTGCTAGTCTAAAATTGACTAATATGTAGCAATACATTTTTGTGTACGCGATTCTCTCG TCAGTACTGCTATTTTAGTACAAATCGCCTTTATTATTTGTCTATTGTAGTTGATATGTAAAAGTTCAATTATTATCC AGCACGGGTGTTTAAGGCCGAGAGTTTTTTTTTTCCCTCGTTTTACAGACATAGTTTGAAAGAGGTTATGGATGCCC CAAATGTAATGACTATGATAAAAGATACAAAAGCTGCCAAAGAGGTACCTTCTGACCCTTGTCCAACTTGATATGA TCTTTAATCTTTATTCTTGTGTTTGTTCAAGTCTTTTTTCGTATTTTTTGGGAATAACTGTTTTCCTTTCTCTTCCAATC TTAATCAGGTTCAAGCCCTAAAGGATTTTTTCAACATGCTTTCAAATGTTAGGTTCTATCCTTGGTCTCAATGTTCT ATTTATATTTTTCTTAATAACTTTGGATGTTTCAGATTTTTATCTATCATATGCTAAGAGTAAACACAGATTGTTTGG TTTTGAATTTATTTGTTTGCTTTTTTTGGTGTTTATCGGTTATCTTGGGTTCTGTAAGAGGCCTGAGAGTTTCAAATA AAAGTTTGAGGTGTTTAACTATGCATGACGGATATCCCTGTTTAAGGAGAGGTGGACTAATCTGAAATATTTCTAG ATTAAGAACAGATACGTTGTGTTATGATGGGCAGCTGGTGATATTGTTATCTCTGCGTGTGCCTTTTTTTAGGCCTT TCTACCAATTGAATGCTGAAAATTCATTTGCAACCAACCTTGGTTGAATTTATTTTCAGCAAGGATCCGTCATAATT CTCAGATATCCAATCATCAACAACTTTGAACTTCTATTAAATTTTAGGGCATCTCAGTTGTGTTCTTTCATCTTTTGA TTTTATATGCAATTTTACTGTAGTAATAGGAGTATCTCTCTTCAATGCTTTGGCCATATCGGTACGAGAGAATTTAT CATCTGATGTGCCCTCTCCTTTACTTTTTTGCAGACAGAAAATACGATAAGGAAGTCTTAATTAAAAATATGCGTGT GCTTGATTTTCTGGTTTTAAGGATATTTAGGTCTAAAAACTATAGTTACATTACATAATTTAGGGATGCTAGATGTA GAGGTCTTTTGCTAGAGCGAGTGCTTGTTTGAACCCCCCGCCCCGCCCCGCATATTTCATGAATTATGATATTAATT GGATATTTATGATACCGCTTTTCAAGCTTTCTGAAGAAACTAAGAAGGATAACATCTTTATTTAAAAACTTTTTTCC CTCTCTTGTTATAACTTCTTGCAATAAATGTAGTCATGTCCCTTTTTCTGGATCTCTTAACATTTATATTAATGAGCC CCTGCATGAAGTTTACTTCCAGTTGTCAACAAATAGATCCTTGTAGTGTGTTTCTTTACCCGAAACTTGTGAAAATT GAAGTTACTTTATTTGGACTTCTCTAGGATCCTGATCGTGCATGCTATGGACCAAAGCATGTTGAAGTTGCCCATGA GCGTCTGGCTATTCAGACACTTCTCATTACTGACGAGCTCTTTAGGTGAGTATCTTATGGTCCCAGGTTAATGGGGG CTTTATGAGCAATAAAATTAAACTGTATATAGCTTGATATAAATTTGCAACTCGTGGCATATTTCAAGTTCATAAGT ATCTCTTTTTACGTGCTTAGCTTTTAAAATCGACATCTTTGGTTCATAGGATAATATGTAAACATGTATAACTATCTT CAAATCTCAACCAGTTATGTATGGGCCATTTCACTCGTGCTGTATATATATAGTTGGTTGATATCGTACATGAGAAA TATCCAACTTCTTTTGATCTGTTGACAGGAGTTCTGATGTAGAAACGAGGAAAAAGTATGCTAATTTGGTCGATTC AGTCAAGGATTCAGGTGGTACTGCTCTCATTTTCTCGTCAATGCATGTCTCCGGAGAACGTGAGTATATACAATTCC TGTTAATTTCTTTTTCCTCCCAGCATTTTCATCTCTGCCTTTCCCTGTCGCCCCCTAGTAATGCTTAGAATGGTATTTT CCTTCTGTGCACATATTCATTGTCCCATAGTCGCTTCAAATCCTTTTTCCTTCCTACGAACACACGTTCTTTACTGCA TATTTGTCAAGGCTGATTAAAACAACTTTTGGTTTTCGTCACAGAATTGAATCAGCTAACCGGCATTGCTGCAATCC TTCGTTTTCCTTTGCCGGAGCTGGAAGACATTGAGATGTGA

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is should be understood for those of ordinary skill in the art, various variation, modifications, substitutions, and improvements may be made to these embodiments without departing from the principle and spirit of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is limited by the accompanying claims and their equivalents. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A male-sterile germplasm having loss of Ty-5 gene function, wherein the male-sterile germplasm is prepared by a method comprising: 1) performing a gene editing on an exon region of a Ty-5 gene, wherein performing the gene editing comprises: a) selecting gRNA target sites in an exon region of the Ty-5 gene by selecting an 18-20 bp upstream of a protospacer-associated motif (PAM) as the gRNA target sites, wherein the gRNA target sites are 5′-N18-20NGG-3′, wherein NGG is a PAM sequence, and N18-20 represents a recognition sequence of the 18-20 bp; b) introducing a DNA sequence deletion on the exon region of a Ty-5 gene by using a repair mechanism of plants to double-strand breaks (DSBs); 2) Assessing a pollen content and germination of homozygous gene edited strains; and 3) selecting for a male-sterile strain.
 2. The male-sterile germplasm according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the following steps: designing primers amplifying the gRNA target sites according to upstream and downstream sequences of the gRNA target sites, extracting DNA of the regenerated plant, using the DNA as a template for a PCR amplification to obtain amplified products, sequencing the amplified products, and performing a sequencing analysis on the regenerated plant to determine whether the gene editing occurs and whether an editing type is a homozygous mutation; after the sequencing analysis, identifying a pollen content and germination of homozygous gene edited strains; wherein, results show that a homozygous edited Ty-5 plant created by the gene editing is the male sterile germplasm.
 3. The male-sterile germplasm according to claim 1, wherein the Ty-5 gene selected for gene editing has a nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
 1. 4. The male-sterile germplasm according to claim 1, wherein the recognition sequence comprises the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
 2. 5. The male-sterile germplasm according to claim 1, wherein the DNA sequence deletion on the exon region of a Ty-5 gene is between 6 bp and 13 bp in length.
 6. The male-sterile germplasm according to claim 1, wherein the DNA sequence deletion on the exon region of a Ty-5 gene results in a genetic male sterility.
 7. A hybrid seed prepared from the male-sterile germplasm according to claim 6, wherein the DNA sequence deletion on the exon region of a Ty-5 gene is present. 